My Brother purchased a 2018-19 T880 with a 40 ton crane mounted on it. It weighs 62K total. It has the Digital dashboard with oil pressure , temp and other features. It was purchased new and driven a few hundred miles to have the crane mounted. Then driven from Texas to Florida.
Paccar Mx-13 455/1650 10speed manual
The concern is the oil temp will go to 230* just driving down the highway on a 60* or 85* night. When the oil is that hot it also only makes 45psi at 1500rpm. That oil pressure seems to be low . I realize that as oil heats up pressure will go down to a certain extent.
Coolant temp is steady at 190 * . It doesn't cycle the cooling fan on the highway so to me its not overheating or working too hard. It was driven on flat roads. It also gets to 230* oil temp in city driving.
I could understand it working hard if it had a large bed that didn't go thru the air well . Like a 70yd Grapple truck . But its not.
Paccar says that oil temp is fine since its measured pre cooler. I don't know why they would measure it there instead of the oil pan . IIRC everyone in the automotive industry measures it from the pan.
Has anyone else with the digital dash measured their oil temp/pressure.
What are your pressures?
Any ideas ? Thank you
2018 MX-13 T880 oil pressure and temperature issue
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by Tim4788, Feb 25, 2019.
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Cummins/Paccar haven't measured oil temp from the pan in almost 10 years and they run a normal operating temp of 225-230 degrees. Not sure about oil pressure for the paccar but cummins runs a low pressure system.
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2017 and newer MX have a oil pump change with lower pressure pump to previous years where it would peg the gauge at 100 on cold days. Pressure on the new pump is limited to 35-40 psi and was changed for fuel efficiency to decrease load on the engine.
magoo68, pushbroom, BoxCarKidd and 1 other person Thank this. -
From running some stationary equipment that was overheating I found the hottest spot on an engine can be the oil cooler. 230 is not a concern to me.
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Both of the newer trucks that I’ve driven run at about 40 psi. Cummins ISX and Pacar.
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Thank you very much guys.
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October 2 it suddenly went up to 250+
Oil pressure down to 40.
After 4 trips to the dealer over 10K spent including a new oil cooler nothing changed.
They have the truck now replacing the wiring harness.
That will be another 4K and who knows if it will fix it. -
How is truck running after replacing harness ?
I am going thru same issue. -
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